September 12-15
Morgado Golf Resort, Portimao, Portugal
€200,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
Adrian Meronk took a huge step towards becoming the first-ever Polish holder of a European Tour card by winning the 57° Open de Portugal @ Morgado Golf Resort and breaking into the top 15 on the Road to Mallorca.
The 26-year-old posted a closing six under par round of 66 on a scorching hot day in the Algarve to reach 15 under par and secure a two-stroke victory ahead of Spain’s Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez, who finished second on 13 under par, with Italy’s Francesco Laporta and Austria’s Martin Wiegele two shots further back in tied third on 11 under par.
Meronk carded just a solitary bogey in his final round before signing off with two birdies in his last three holes to ensure he became the first Polish victor in European Challenge Tour history.
“I couldn’t be prouder of myself for being the first Polish winner on the Challenge Tour,” he said. “I’ve been getting a lot of messages from friends back home so I’m very appreciative of that and I’m very happy to be the first Polish winner on the Challenge Tour.
“It feels amazing. I’m very pleased and very happy. What a day. It’s fantastic and it was a very good day for me. I played very well and finally it was enough for me at the end to win the tournament.
“I’ve been pretty consistent this year and I’ve been playing well, especially at the start of the season, but I just couldn’t finish it off. That’s why I’m very relieved right now because it’s finally happened."
History made 🇵🇱@AdrianMeronk #OpendePortugal pic.twitter.com/NBtkhJC7Oq
— Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) September 15, 2019
Meronk’s mother, Joanna, joined him at Morgado Golf Resort all week and having that support along the fairways makes victory all the sweeter.
“It’s very special to have my mum here,” he said. “She was actually in Brno when I came third at the D+D REAL Czech Challenge so I guess she brings me some luck.
“I’m probably going to move quite a bit in the Rankings so it changes my season quite a lot. It probably still won’t be enough because there are still quite a few tournaments left, so I’ve just got to focus on the rest of the season. I’m going to take a week off now and just enjoy it.
“It’s my third year as a professional and I had a long amateur career, so I’ve been waiting a long time for this and it feels very, very good that it’s finally happened.”
Four players shared fifth place on ten under par, including overnight co-leaders Cormac Sharvin and Henric Sturehed, with five players a shot further back in tied ninth on nine under par.
With victory in Portugal, Meronk climbs 12 places in the Road to Mallorca Rankings to seventh place, with runner-up Garcia Rodriguez jumping 20 spots into 13th position.
There will now be a week’s break in the schedule, with the Challenge Tour returning for the final six events of the season at the Hopps Open de Provence from September 26-29, 2019.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
Prize Money |
1 |
MERONK Adrian | POL |
-15 |
67 |
72 |
68 |
66 |
273 |
€ 32,000 |
2 |
GARCIA RODRIGUEZ Sebastian | ESP |
-13 |
73 |
64 |
69 |
69 |
275 |
€ 22,000 |
3 |
LAPORTA Francesco | ITA |
-11 |
71 |
69 |
67 |
70 |
277 |
€ 13,000 |
3 |
WIEGELE Martin | AUT |
-11 |
69 |
70 |
69 |
69 |
277 |
€ 13,000 |
5 |
ENOCH Rhys | WAL |
-10 |
69 |
66 |
72 |
71 |
278 |
€ 7,500 |
5 |
SENIOR Jack | ENG |
-10 |
71 |
72 |
64 |
71 |
278 |
€ 7,500 |
5 |
SHARVIN Cormac | NIR |
-10 |
70 |
67 |
69 |
72 |
278 |
€ 7,500 |
5 |
STUREHED Henric | SWE |
-10 |
66 |
75 |
65 |
72 |
278 |
€ 7,500 |
9 |
EASTON Bryce | RSA |
-9 |
69 |
68 |
71 |
71 |
279 |
€ 4,120 |
9 |
FENASSE Mathieu | FRA |
-9 |
69 |
68 |
70 |
72 |
279 |
€ 4,120 |
9 |
POKE Benjamin | DEN |
-9 |
71 |
70 |
69 |
69 |
279 |
€ 4,120 |
9 |
SCHNEIDER Marcel | GER |
-9 |
73 |
68 |
72 |
66 |
279 |
€ 4,120 |
9 |
SJÖHOLM Joel | SWE |
-9 |
68 |
71 |
70 |
70 |
279 |
€ 4,120 |
14 |
LIMA José-Filipe | POR |
-8 |
72 |
70 |
69 |
69 |
280 |
€ 3,200 |
14 |
MEJOW Philipp | GER |
-8 |
68 |
71 |
73 |
68 |
280 |
€ 3,200 |
14 |
ROBB Chris | SCO |
-8 |
71 |
72 |
70 |
67 |
280 |
€ 3,200 |
17 |
BLAND Richard | ENG |
-7 |
68 |
68 |
70 |
75 |
281 |
€ 2,500 |
17 |
COCKERILL Aaron | CAN |
-7 |
67 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
281 |
€ 2,500 |
17 |
FORSSTRÖM Simon | SWE |
-7 |
68 |
73 |
71 |
69 |
281 |
€ 2,500 |
17 |
STOW Ben | ENG |
-7 |
73 |
70 |
72 |
66 |
281 |
€ 2,500 |
21 |
HEISELE Sebastian | GER |
-6 |
76 |
68 |
72 |
66 |
282 |
€ 2,030 |
21 |
NEIL Bradley | SCO |
-6 |
73 |
71 |
67 |
71 |
282 |
€ 2,030 |
23 |
JOHANSEN Eirik Tage | NOR |
-5 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
68 |
283 |
€ 1,900 |
23 |
PIGEM Carlos | ESP |
-5 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
283 |
€ 1,900 |
25 |
BALDWIN Matthew | ENG |
-4 |
72 |
69 |
72 |
71 |
284 |
€ 1,740 |
25 |
EVANS Ryan | ENG |
-4 |
72 |
71 |
68 |
73 |
284 |
€ 1,740 |
25 |
FARR Oliver | WAL |
-4 |
72 |
73 |
68 |
71 |
284 |
€ 1,740 |
25 |
JORDAN Matthew | ENG |
-4 |
72 |
70 |
72 |
70 |
284 |
€ 1,740 |
25 |
MAZZOLI Stefano | ITA |
-4 |
71 |
72 |
71 |
70 |
284 |
€ 1,740 |
25 |
MCGEE Ruaidhri | IRL |
-4 |
68 |
72 |
71 |
73 |
284 |
€ 1,740 |
31 |
ARMITAGE Marcus | ENG |
-3 |
73 |
72 |
68 |
72 |
285 |
€ 1,520 |
31 |
HUNDEBØLL Oliver | DEN |
-3 |
72 |
71 |
70 |
72 |
285 |
€ 1,520 |
31 |
MCBRIDE Paul | IRL |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
285 |
€ 1,520 |
31 |
SYME Connor | SCO |
-3 |
73 |
71 |
73 |
68 |
285 |
€ 1,520 |
31 |
TREE Toby | ENG |
-3 |
72 |
68 |
70 |
75 |
285 |
€ 1,520 |
36 |
DEAN Joe | ENG |
-2 |
70 |
72 |
70 |
74 |
286 |
€ 1,220 |
36 |
FERGUSON Ewen | SCO |
-2 |
73 |
71 |
70 |
72 |
286 |
€ 1,220 |
36 |
FOOS Dominic | GER |
-2 |
73 |
71 |
72 |
70 |
286 |
€ 1,220 |
36 |
HANSON Chris | ENG |
-2 |
75 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
286 |
€ 1,220 |
36 |
KAKKO Roope | FIN |
-2 |
72 |
69 |
76 |
69 |
286 |
€ 1,220 |
36 |
KNAPPE Alexander | GER |
-2 |
75 |
67 |
71 |
73 |
286 |
€ 1,220 |
36 |
LINDELL Oliver | FIN |
-2 |
72 |
72 |
70 |
72 |
286 |
€ 1,220 |
36 |
McGOWAN Ross | ENG |
-2 |
72 |
70 |
73 |
71 |
286 |
€ 1,220 |
36 |
PERRIER Damien | FRA |
-2 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
286 |
€ 1,220 |
36 |
SANTOS Hugo | POR |
-2 |
72 |
69 |
71 |
74 |
286 |
€ 1,220 |
46 |
ALLAN James | ENG |
-1 |
73 |
72 |
70 |
72 |
287 |
€ 960 |
46 |
MATUS Stanislav | CZE |
-1 |
69 |
72 |
72 |
74 |
287 |
€ 960 |
46 |
SPOONER Billy | ENG |
-1 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
73 |
287 |
€ 960 |
49 |
CRUZ Tiago | POR |
0 |
71 |
70 |
76 |
71 |
288 |
€ 812 |
49 |
HIDALGO Angel | ESP |
0 |
72 |
67 |
74 |
75 |
288 |
€ 812 |
49 |
KÖLBING Jonas | GER |
0 |
74 |
70 |
71 |
73 |
288 |
€ 812 |
49 |
RAMOS Joao | POR |
0 |
74 |
69 |
75 |
70 |
288 |
€ 812 |
49 |
VAN MEIJEL Lars | NED |
0 |
72 |
71 |
74 |
71 |
288 |
€ 812 |
54 |
ARIZABALETA Alvaro | COL |
1 |
74 |
69 |
67 |
79 |
289 |
€ 710 |
54 |
LAMPERT Moritz | GER |
1 |
73 |
72 |
74 |
70 |
289 |
€ 710 |
54 |
LANDO CASANOVA Jérôme | FRA |
1 |
68 |
75 |
74 |
72 |
289 |
€ 710 |
54 |
SARACINO Andrea | ITA |
1 |
74 |
70 |
71 |
74 |
289 |
€ 710 |
58 |
GROS Sébastien | FRA |
2 |
74 |
70 |
76 |
70 |
290 |
€ 640 |
58 |
HOWIE Craig | SCO |
2 |
74 |
70 |
72 |
74 |
290 |
€ 640 |
58 |
MADDY Paul | ENG |
2 |
71 |
73 |
71 |
75 |
290 |
€ 640 |
61 |
HURLEY Gary | IRL |
3 |
69 |
74 |
77 |
71 |
291 |
€ 590 |
61 |
OLSEN Aksel | NOR |
3 |
72 |
73 |
74 |
72 |
291 |
€ 590 |
63 |
MIVIS Christopher | BEL |
4 |
67 |
76 |
75 |
74 |
292 |
€ 550 |
63 |
PORTEOUS Garrick | ENG |
4 |
70 |
75 |
76 |
71 |
292 |
€ 550 |
63 |
SILVA (AM) Pedro | POR |
4 |
75 |
70 |
72 |
75 |
292 |
€ 0 |
66 |
RODRIGUES (AM) Daniel | POR |
5 |
73 |
72 |
79 |
69 |
293 |
€ 0 |
67 |
CALDWELL Jonathan | NIR |
6 |
76 |
69 |
75 |
74 |
294 |
€ 520 |
68 |
ECCLES Ben | AUS |
2 |
70 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
69 |
MORUGAN Manuel | ESP |
2 |
75 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
70 |
HESBOIS Kevin | BEL |
2 |
72 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
71 |
VAN DRIEL Darius | NED |
2 |
75 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
72 |
GRADECKI Mateusz | POL |
2 |
74 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
73 |
TARRIO BEN Santiago | ESP |
2 |
72 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
74 |
ADARRAGA GOMEZ Jose Luis | ESP |
2 |
76 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
75 |
HAASTRUP Mark Flindt | DEN |
2 |
73 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
76 |
HAVRET Grégory | FRA |
2 |
73 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
77 |
SANTOS SILVA Tomas | POR |
2 |
74 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
78 |
FERNANDEZ Scott | ESP |
2 |
70 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
79 |
HELLIGKILDE Marcus | DEN |
2 |
72 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
80 |
BOOTE David | WAL |
2 |
71 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
81 |
GLENNEMO Jacob | SWE |
3 |
74 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
82 |
BEKIRIAN Jean | FRA |
3 |
72 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
83 |
EGGENBERGER Mathias | SUI |
3 |
79 |
68 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
84 |
EDBERG Pelle | SWE |
3 |
75 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
85 |
GEYGER Nico | CHI |
3 |
73 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
86 |
COHEN-BOYER Louis | FRA |
3 |
75 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
87 |
FORD Charlie | ENG |
3 |
71 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
88 |
SCIOT-SIEGRIST Robin | FRA |
3 |
73 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
89 |
BERARDO Clément | FRA |
3 |
72 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
90 |
MAGALHAES Joao | POR |
3 |
75 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
91 |
TINNING Nicolai | DEN |
3 |
73 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
92 |
CANTER Laurie | ENG |
3 |
73 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
93 |
CLEMENTS Todd | ENG |
3 |
77 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
94 |
KING Gary | ENG |
3 |
75 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
95 |
COUSSAUD Ugo | FRA |
4 |
71 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
96 |
YOUNG Mark | ENG |
4 |
75 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
97 |
QUESNE Julien | FRA |
4 |
72 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
98 |
EL HALI Karim | MAR |
4 |
73 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
99 |
AHOKAS Antti | FIN |
4 |
75 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
100 |
HØJGAARD Rasmus | DEN |
4 |
76 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
101 |
MARJAN Ahmed | MAR |
4 |
75 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
102 |
ITEN Marco | SUI |
4 |
75 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
103 |
LENGDEN Oscar | SWE |
4 |
74 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
104 |
KIM Minkyu | KOR |
4 |
74 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
105 |
LINARD Thomas | FRA |
4 |
74 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
106 |
GASPAR Miguel | POR |
5 |
76 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
107 |
DE SOUSA Raphaël | SUI |
5 |
77 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
108 |
SCALISE Lorenzo | ITA |
5 |
71 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
109 |
ERIKSSON Martin | SWE |
5 |
77 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
110 |
GANE Chris | ENG |
5 |
71 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
111 |
WHITNELL Dale | ENG |
5 |
75 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
112 |
HULDAHL Jeppe Pape | DEN |
5 |
73 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
113 |
GEARY Josh | NZL |
6 |
72 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
€ 0 |
114 |
RIU Victor | FRA |
6 |
72 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
€ 0 |
115 |
COUPLAND Dave | ENG |
6 |
78 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
€ 0 |
116 |
ABREU Alexandre | POR |
7 |
76 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
117 |
WRISDALE Jordan | ENG |
7 |
79 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
118 |
GOUVEIA Tomas | POR |
7 |
75 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
119 |
MACCARIO Federico | ITA |
7 |
79 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
120 |
CARLOTA Joao | POR |
7 |
77 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
121 |
OLIVEIRA Francisco | POR |
7 |
76 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
122 |
BOURDY Grégory | FRA |
7 |
73 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
123 |
MOHR Marcus | ENG |
7 |
77 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
124 |
STALTER Joël | FRA |
7 |
76 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
125 |
PIAGET Sandro | MON |
8 |
75 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
126 |
LACROIX Frederic | FRA |
8 |
75 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
127 |
ELVIRA Manuel | ESP |
8 |
76 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
128 |
BALTL Timon | AUT |
8 |
76 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
129 |
GREHAN Stuart | IRL |
8 |
74 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
130 |
ANGLES Pep | ESP |
8 |
77 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
131 |
RUSCH Benjamin | SUI |
8 |
77 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
132 |
ROBINSON Liam | ENG |
9 |
76 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
153 |
€ 0 |
133 |
ROSS Craig | SCO |
9 |
74 |
79 |
0 |
0 |
153 |
€ 0 |
134 |
BRADER Nathan | POR |
9 |
78 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
153 |
€ 0 |
135 |
MANSELL Richard | ENG |
9 |
77 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
153 |
€ 0 |
136 |
GAL Petr | CZE |
9 |
77 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
153 |
€ 0 |
137 |
KRISTJANSSON Gudmundur | ISL |
9 |
76 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
153 |
€ 0 |
138 |
DECOTTIGNIES-LAFON Mathieu | FRA |
9 |
73 |
80 |
0 |
0 |
153 |
€ 0 |
139 |
SANTOS Ricardo | POR |
10 |
77 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
154 |
€ 0 |
140 |
DAWSON Robin | IRL |
10 |
79 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
154 |
€ 0 |
141 |
LOPES Vitor | POR |
10 |
78 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
154 |
€ 0 |
142 |
BESSA Tomás | POR |
10 |
78 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
154 |
€ 0 |
143 |
ABBOTT Jamie | ENG |
11 |
79 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
155 |
€ 0 |
144 |
PETROZZI Gian-Marco | ENG |
12 |
77 |
79 |
0 |
0 |
156 |
€ 0 |
145 |
SUCHAN Daniel | CZE |
12 |
79 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
156 |
€ 0 |
146 |
CARLSSON Magnus A | SWE |
12 |
77 |
79 |
0 |
0 |
156 |
€ 0 |
147 |
WITTMANN Sebastian | AUT |
13 |
81 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
157 |
€ 0 |
148 |
RODRIGUES Tiago | POR |
13 |
79 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
157 |
€ 0 |
149 |
AGUILAR Felipe | CHI |
13 |
82 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
157 |
€ 0 |
150 |
YAMAC (AM) Taner | TUR |
13 |
86 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
157 |
€ 0 |
151 |
KEMALOGLU Ediz | TUR |
19 |
83 |
80 |
0 |
0 |
163 |
€ 0 |
152 |
BEKKER Oliver | RSA |
6 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
78 |
€ 0 |
153 |
TILEY Steven | ENG |
5 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
77 |
€ 0 |
154 |
JOANNES Hugues | BEL |
7 |
79 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
79 |
€ 0 |
155 |
LLOYD Chris | ENG |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
€ 0 |
156 |
FORD Matt | ENG |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
€ 0 |